George Lucas was initially hesitant with praise for The Force Awakens (he compared Disney to “white slavers” and grumbled the Star Wars brain trust wasn’t “keen to have me involved anyway”), but he later relented, saying, “Disney is doing an incredible job of taking care of and expanding the franchise.” Lucas has been far more gung-ho (gungan-ho?) about The Last Jedi. He thought it was “beautifully made,” according to his rep, and “in speaking with director